If you think this finale is great you lack the credibility to critique any show.

This show has been on life support for the last 2 seasons and this ending was cheap and pointless. How many times can the writers change the setting of Nancy Botwins debacles before people stop giving a shit?

Much like Dexter and Entourage, I've been watching just to see it through to the end...but feel the show has been struggling for years now.

And punking the Sopranos closing scene was abysmal. Though I would like to know who pulled the trigger.

If it was over we would've seen the bullet kill her. This isn't a difficult corner to write out of, compared to season 5 finale this is cake. I agree with the overall critique but for many Weeds fans its the humor and clever twist they plug into every episode. The archs and overtones of each story are there because the growth in each character shows a hint of what you would expect. The fact that Nancy has not "changed" throughout the last few seasons shows how great the writing is and how psychotic and out of touch Nancys character has become. If this were the end I atleast wish they would've shown her die. If this isn't the end then I look forward to watching Nancy's character overcome brain damage and come back kill bill style to settle the score, or atleast watch someone get killed.

The fact that the shooter was anonymous was a fantastic idea, she had made so many enemies over the years, including a gottdamn mexican cartel, that it's way more realistic that she's shot just when she thought her past was behind her..

Has noone picked up on the fact that Shane joined the Police Academy to SAVE HIS MOTHER? Not so he can later rat her out. Sure he's always been interested in having power over people, since everyone has always had power over him and his family. But, in the scene where Ouelette says "I'm gonna slap cuffs on Lady Botwin" Shane begs and pleads, saying he will do anything. Ouelette tells Shane if he joins the academy he will spare his mother. That's the pressing reason why Shane joined.

I hope to god Nancy isn't dead. She is the life of the show. As for the people who want it cancelled, DON'T WATCH IT ANYMORE.

The shooter HAS to be Esteban. Yeah, they said he was found dead. However, he was the head of a HUGE Mexican drug cartel/MOB. If he wanted to fake his death, he could have done so quite easily. Especially if they extradited him to Mexico to do his time, (I don't think he was an American citizen so it's possible) he could have payed off the prison(the guy was loaded) in order to get Nancy not to go into witness protection. I'm not sure why he would have waited such a long time to do it though. Possibly because he wanted to get Stevie and kill Nancy at the same time, and they had just then all gotten together so it was the perfect time.

Either way, I want Guillermo to come back.

The screen goes to black before the gun goes off, and prior to the shooter zeroing in on Nancy, he lingers on several other characters. They don't show the shooter, so you don't know the motives behind the hit. Esteban would never shoot Nancy in front of his child, it's too incongruous with the way Esteban treated him in prior episodes.

Those of you that think this is a good series finale are doing all the heavy lifting for the writers; there are far too many unanswered questions to satisfy (most?) longtime viewers. I'm assuming the whole episode was a ploy to have Showtime bring the series back for another season, while simultaneously giving a small amount of closure should Weeds not be renewed. As I understood it, this was the finale; however, everything was left W-I-D-E open -- which I have to believe is for the possibility of renewal. I like Weeds, and have from the beginning; I have a feeling that most of you do, too, regardless of points of contention. As someone mentioned above, if you don't like it, turn it off -- why keep watching (unless you're fulfilling some jones for dysfunction).

Ouelette is the shooter, he's pissed that Shane left the academy to see his F'd up family. (who gets a break from Academy before the end, unless you go AWOL? ) Ouelette is the shooter because he's still furious aboout being made a fool.

I loved the ending and think that the series should go out with this. The show has been on life support (for me, S2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 were on life support, but I am a crazy fan of the characters). Anyway, perfect ending for Nancy. We don't need to know any more. Probably the thugs from San Diego anyway.

Wow, pretty severe case of not getting it.

Doug doesn't still have a job. He made a ton of money, but then is in Connecticut dues to taking the fall as was implied earlier in the episode when he shuns the auditor he was banging. I thought it didn't take much to piece that together.

Why on earth would anyone conclude Shane was going to turn against his mother? Him in the cadets with the cop watching just shows what Shane meant when he told the cop he could give him what he wants (a protege he could have faith in)...to STOP HIM FROM BUSTING NANCY.

As for the rest of the characters, I agree their story was sort of wrapped up a but, but it also conveniently skipped ahead two months, and except for possibly Nancy, life goes on for the supporting cast. No need to tidy up everyone's life and display the final result like Six Feet Under. ;P

From the beginning the show is always = Shits and Fresh Start, Shits and Fresh Start and then again SHIT AND FRESH START! it wont be renewed, if you check on wikipedia the viewers for season 7 have drop so low that showtime probably consider reviving united states of tara.

What Josh said.

How about a Full Length Movie in the future?

Estaban and Ignacio "took him out" in Nancy's bedroom just after he made a pass at Ignacio and peed his pants. Remember now? What about Peter's wife or son, Pilar's people, Pouncy House girl, and yes what about Estaban? Is he really dead? Oh well the story's been draging for a while. I can't see Nancy catching a bullet in the head and Jill taking over. It would be awful. JJL doesn't have the personality of MLP - sorry Jennifer!

HORRIBLE ENDING !

This was just the cherry on top of a dying TV series. If Jenji wanted to kill off Nancy...LET THE AUDIENCE KNOW...'HEY SHE'S DEAD' !

Busting a Soprano's ending is cheap and fake. If you want to kill off Nancy, a sniper doesn't work. She should die in something COMPLETELY unrelated to the show, like a subway crash.

Nancy is too good at her job to get taken out by a sniper

My idea of what happened after the credits rolled is the sniper missed (obviously) and Shane shoots the sniper. Nancy's annoying sister (forgot the annoying bitchs name) gets really pissed and takes Stevie and the twins away. Now as usual Nancy is on the run from who ever was after to kill her. It is later revealed to be Esteban, he faked his death. The end of the episode should be that Esteban finds Stevie with the sister and is about to kill her until Nancy and the gang appear and kill Esteban!

Nancy relizes the life she leads is terrible but says "hey thats life" and the series ends !

THERE !!

Why would Ouellete want Shane to be a part of the NYPD, considering the hurt and rage towards him and Nancy that he was displaying?? That makes no sense at all! My thoughts are that Shane knew where Nancy was taking that pot back too, and gave Ouellette that prize bust to redeem himself. Does anybody really think that Shane saying "I'll join the academy" in that scene would really work?. Come on! Ouellette would of laughed in his face and told him to get the F out! The only way Shane was going to help Nancy would of been to give up the big bust!....The weed Nancy gave back! Right after that scene we see Nancy giving the weed back...come on people! Thats what Shane gave Ouellete! Wake up! That's what would have given Shane back his credibility and impressed Ouelette again. Ouelette was ticked and hurt! You think Shane saying "I'll join the force" at that moment would have went over?? No freaking way! Give me a break! I could be wrong but come on. Shane gave Oulette the bust, that's what I think got him into the academy!

This was definitely a series finale (or at least it should be). It's over because everybody had found closure regarding one big factor in their lives: they no longer need Nancy.
Silas finally has the economic autonomy to get his own thing going. Emotionally, he had agreed to break from the Botwins practically since the first season,but Nancy relented at last and gave him his own industrial base in Connecticut.
Shane has his emotional closure as he now has found that fsther figure in Det. Ouelette (although I feel this was rendered tenuously, but still, it seems that he too has found what he had been looking for).
Stevie (who always seemed like an afterthought in the series) has a home with Jill and, despite her being judgmental, at least the little kid won't end up wearing cement booties one day under her care.
Doug, it seems has his sordid life back on track, despite the threats from the SEC that he'd lose his position. Although they never followed up on that. I guess he banged that auditor again and everything was gravy.
Andy apparently decided to stop acting like Duckie from Pretty In Pink and came to some emotional settlement during that funeral (Jenji rushed through that one big time, but either way-he doesn't need Nancy anymore).
And neither do we. Really, the only thing I believe that Jenji could wrench out of this series is to make "Weeds: Season Zero" or something. It could detail the life of a young Nancy and end with her marriage to Judah.

But that's stupid.

Shane's last few scenes left me confused about his ending. Like Tony, I have trouble believing that offering to join the NYPD would be enough to satisfy Ouellete's anger. Ouellete wouldn't just let Shane pass the criminal justice course, much less the police academy if he thought Shane might turn out to be a crooked cop. Tony's explanation that Shane offered Ouellete a bust in the form of the weed-stuffed animal Nancy returned to Haylia could have been enough to convince Ouellete that Shane was going to become a cop to stop his mother's drug dealing. Problem is, I don't recall any evidence that Shane even knew that Nancy was going to get the pot back from Dimitri or return it to Haylia.

I'm still unconvinced. The last thing Ouellete said was "What the fuck do you have that I want? You tell me, what the fuck you have that I want." I really can't think of anything besides the "loyal protege" theory and that still doesn't seem like enough to win the detective over.

Anyone have any other theories?

Nancy couldve been killed by one of pilars guys or guillarmos guys or even helias guys.. lets not forget about caesar who was the close personal friend of estebon.. or how about the son of the dea agent she was married to and got killed? They could even say it was someone working for the gay prison chic.. to say she didnt have any enemies.. dude? did you pay attention at all?

She wasn't shot. The guy pointing the gun with a silencer was shot. The loud bang couldn't have come from a gun with a silencer.